Summer Hunger Has Parents Feeling Relief — and Guilt — That Free Lunches at School Are Back in Session
When it comes to food insecurity, it’s certain lawmakers, not parents, who should be feeling guilty.
My 12-year-old Daughter is Determined That No Kid Go Hungry In School
On World Children’s Day, I had a conversation with my daughter that sparked her activism to fight for free school lunch.
This Year’s Back to School Blues are Lingering Without the Expanded Child Tax Credit
Our government has the funds we need to let millions of parents breathe easier.
Florida Parents Distressed About School Reopening
While Florida’s coronavirus infections continue to rise, the Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran issued an Emergency Order mandating all schools to reopen in the fall. To date, Florida has one…
As schools Pushout Black girls, organizers pull together
All children in our country should feel safe and welcomed in their school environment so they can grow into their full potential. Unfortunately, the experiences many Black girls have in…
Searching for Sustainable Safety, On School Campuses and Beyond
Everyone in our community deserves to feel safe. Hear some from students at UNLV as they describe how they feel safe on their campus.
Militarizing our schools leaves immigrant youth vulnerable
After 17 children were shot dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, is the answer to preventing gun violence in America arming teachers? Across the country, we have seen rhetoric…
We are killing our children and militarizing their schools won’t make them safe
It is easy to pick on craven politicians who evade questions, speak in platitudes, and offer no actual policy commitments. Yet our society needs to deeply reflect on whether the answer to these mass shootings is really the further militarization of our society.
Kids shouldn’t be sent home for lice, but schools can’t ignore the issue either
This article previously appeared on The Washington Post Last night, my 3-year-old daughter made soft, singing noises while she dipped a plastic boat in and out of the bubbles of…
Let’s Guarantee Every High School Student a Summer Job
Photo credits to Flazingo Photos. Originally posted on the Huffington Post. In New York City, where the summer job program for high school students is run on a neighborhood lotto…